Phasing out Diploma in Nursing: Merits and Implications on Nursing Education in Pakistan Authors Hussain Maqbool Ahmed Khuwaja School of Nursing and Midwifery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.463 Abstract On 8th August, 2019, Pakistan Nursing Council announced the ceasing of the three year Diploma in Nursing which heralds a new era of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) as the entry point for the nursing profession in Pakistan. This brings Pakistan in line with most developed and many developing countries. Continuous... Downloads Full Text Article Published 2021-11-01 How to Cite Hussain Maqbool Ahmed Khuwaja. (2021). Phasing out Diploma in Nursing: Merits and Implications on Nursing Education in Pakistan. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 71(3), 1045–1048. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.463 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 71 No. 3 (2021): MARCH Section LETTER TO THE EDITOR